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More on officer-involved Coolin shooting
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September 29, 2017 |
Idaho State Police public information officer
Tim Marsano today released additional
information on the fatal officer-involved
shooting that took place Tuesday morning,
September 26, in Coolin.
On Sunday night, September 24, Robin Johnson,
the wife of Craig Johnson (the deceased), called
the Bonner County Sheriff's office and requested
a deputy travel to their residence in Coolin for
a welfare check on her husband.
Robin Johnson, who was not at the home, had been
trying to contact her husband and he was not
returning her phone calls. She was worried and
requested law enforcement contact him to make
sure he was okay.
At approximately 11:54 p.m., a deputy responded
to their Coolin residence for the welfare check.
Craig Johnson, 50, immediately confronted the deputy
by pointing a handgun at him and threatening
him. The deputy sought cover behind his vehicle
until he was able to safely retreat and leave
the property.
A $30,000 felony warrant on a charge of
aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer
was subsequently issued for Mr. Johnson's
arrest.
The Bonner County Sheriff's Office conducted the
service of the warrant on Tuesday morning,
September 26. During negotiations with Mr.
Johnson via telephone and a police vehicle
public address system, Craig Johnson exited his
residence with a loaded handgun and confronted
deputies by pointing a handgun at them, forcing
them to respond with deadly force.
Deputies at the scene immediately rendered first
aid to Johnson. By standard operating procedure,
an ambulance had been staged nearby and it
responded to the scene, arriving within a few
minutes. Mr. Johnson was transported by
ambulance to a life flight landing zone, but he
succumbed to his wounds en route to the landing
zone.
The deputies involved were not injured.
They have been placed on paid administrative
leave, per standard protocol, pending the North
Idaho Critical Incident Task Force
investigation's outcome. The deputy who shot
Craig Johnson is identified as Sergeant Shawn
Deem, who has been with Bonner County Sheriff's
Office for eight and a half years. |
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